CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Pass the ordinance granting a Temporary Use to locate vehicle inventory on existing parking facilities located at 40 Shuman Boulevard for a period not to exceed three years expiring on November 18, 2028
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Therese Egner, Community Planner
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
The subject property, 40 Shuman Boulevard, consists of an office building and two associated parking lots, located at the northeast corner of Diehl Road and Washington Street. The Subject Property is currently zoned ORI (Office, Research and Light Industry).
Tesla, Inc. currently leases 6,320 square feet of office space on the first floor of the Subject Property. The Tesla, Inc. car dealership is located on the property at 3200 Ogden Avenue, Lisle, Illinois. The petitioner is requesting to locate up to 250 inventory vehicles on the Subject Property to assist with volume and vehicle delivery in Naperville.
DISCUSSION:
The petitioner, Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society, is requesting Temporary Use approval for the storage of inventory of up to 250 vehicles in the designated areas of the Subject Property for a period not to exceed three years (expiring on November 18, 2028). The proposed parking area is depicted on the site plan attached to this agenda item.
Temporary Uses
Inventory vehicle storage is not permitted in the property’s underlying ORI zoning. Per Section 6-2-11 (Temporary Buildings, Structures and Uses of Land) of the Municipal Code, the Zoning Administrator may authorize the temporary use of a building, structure or parcel of land for a use that does not conform to the zoning regulations, provided, however, that such use will not have a potential adverse impact on surrounding properties or public health, safety and general welfare, and shall not exceed a period of more than six months. This section further provides that requests for temporary uses in excess of six months, or those that have a potential adverse impact, require City Council approval.
Parking Impact
The Subject Property currently has two parking facilities with approximately 609 parking spaces. The petitioner is requesting vehicle inventory storage on up to 250 parking spaces, which leaves an estimated 359 parking spaces available for current tenants occupying the Subject Property. The petitioner has provided data that states that the required number of parking spaces at this location is approximately 250 and notes that occupancy at the Subject Property has been declining in recent years (approximately 59% of the tenant spaces are currently vacant). Based on the data provided by the petitioner, it appears that the parking needed for current tenants will be met even with the proposed vehicle storage in place.
I-88 corridor
The subject property is located within the I-88 corridor which has recently been studied for redevelopment and growth opportunities. The study recommends several implementation steps which will take some time to accomplish. Staff is supportive of the proposed temporary use for a period of three years while the I-88 corridor implementation is underway.
Staff has also included a condition in the approval ordinance requiring that the vehicle inventory located on the Subject Property to be reduced if any existing vacant tenant spaces become occupied and increased parking demand is required. The petitioner is agreeable to this condition.
FISCAL IMPACT:
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